There’s a great treat in store for traditional country music fans next month when Charley Pride returns to the UK to play a series of dates. For the uninitiated, Charley is one of the few African American country musicians to have achieved across the board success around the world with his music and only the [...]
Don Williams Returns – And So It Goes
For the traditional country music fan 2006 was a sad year when the ‘gentle giant’ of country music Don Williams announced that he was retiring. A ‘Farewell Tour of the World’ followed with Don playing numerous dates in Europe and in the United States. It culminated with a ‘Final Farewell Concert’ in Memphis Tennessee at [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
There’s a real special treat on todays show as I hand over the airwaves to David Wild from the Rolling Stone magazine. If apart from being a country music fan you’re also a lover of great films then no doubt you’ll have seen the award winning ‘Oh Brother Where Art Thou ‘ movie. It is [...]
George Strait – Here For a Good Time
There are not many artists who can equate to the success of George Strait. Known as the King of Country to his Nashville peers George has just released his thirty ninth album appropriately enough called ‘Here For A Good Time’. Apart from his thirty ninth release, in his musical career so far he has released 92 [...]
Connie Smith-Long Line Of Heartaches
In his autobiography George Jones cited Connie Smith as his favourite female singer. Elvis had a whole collection of her albums at his Graceland home. Such was, and still is the popularity of the lady with one of the cleanest, purest voices to come out of Nashville that it is no wonder that after an [...]
Marty Stuart – Ghost Train
There can not be many artists who have been in bands with Johnny Cash, Doc Watson, and Lester Flatt. Marty Stuart played for them all and many others. He has however been an artist in his own right for many years now and in Britain we can see him weekly on the Marty Stuart Show on [...]